My Name

As mentioned before, the main character is a young woman, who truly kicks ass. Actually, she’s just a 17-year-old girl in episode 1, so you know My Name will also feature a time jump.However, even at 17 years old, she’s confronting the bad guys – whether it’s the school bully or an organized crime boss. The very sad and brutal backdrop is the fact that she has nothing to lose. As always with South Korean stories, this one is very character-driven and that means we need to understand what drives the characters as well.my Name does not waste a minute to suck you into a story that is well-paced and superbly acted. Ok ok, before I go too far into it without context, the series, consisting of 8 episodes, is rife with techno beats and the brilliant Han So-hee being an absolute badass. Her gangster father’s disappearance has put a damper on her life with her getting bullied relentlessly at school. But what happens when he is murdered.Well, she teams up with a crime boss and the police and seeks revenge, of course.My Name Season 1 Download

My Name is an absolutely thrilling ride. The episodes are thrilling, grungy and feature a narrative style that keeps you on the edge. It’s a revenge thriller, so of course, expect all the usual tropes that come with a story like this. However, even with the tropes, the series never feels old or boring. If anything, the creators have done an excellent job at moulding these tropes to fit a storyline that will make you go to the next episode the moment one is over.It’s not just the thriller aspects of it though. My Name is just so deeply emotional at all times. Ji-woo’s sadness and heartbreak are apparent and the emotional upheavals that she goes through before and after her father’s death give her story the much-needed ammunition and reason.